Pseudomesus Hansen, 1916

Kaiser, Stefanie & Brix, Saskia, 2007, Two new species of the genus Pseudomesus Hansen, 1916 (Isopoda, Asellota) from the Southern hemisphere: Pseudomesus pitombo sp. nov. and Pseudomesus satanus sp. nov., Zootaxa 1658, pp. 21-38 : 23

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.274018
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5662158
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scientific name	Pseudomesus Hansen, 1916
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Pseudomesus Hansen, 1916 View in CoL

Pseudomesus: Hansen, 1916: 72 View in CoL ; Birstein, 1963: 65; Chardy, 1974: 412; Svavarsson, 1984: 44. Type species: Pseudomesus brevicornis Hansen, 1916 View in CoL

Diagnosis. Body elongated (more than 5.5 times longer than width of pereonite 2). Pereonites 5–7 of nearly same size. Ischium of posterior pereopods dorsally with anteriorly directed cuticular hook. Carpus of pereopod 1 ventrally with minimum number of three composed setae standing in row. Pleotelson enlarged, dorsally inflated. Uropods uniramous, not extending beyond posterior margin of pleotelson, inserting closely to anus valves; endopod extremely short and nearly bulbous. Sexual dimorphism strongly developed (male: bilateral bulges on the cephalothorax; robust, setose antenna; pleotelson with posterolateral spines; pereopods 5–7 with long natatory setae) (modified after Hansen, 1916; Svavarsson, 1984; Wägele, 1989).

Species composition ( Table 1 View TABLE 1 ). Pseudomesus bispinosus Chardy, 1974 ; Pseudomesus brevicornis Hansen, 1916 ; Pseudomesus pitombo sp. nov.; Pseudomesus satanus sp. nov.; Pseudomesus similis Birstein, 1963 .

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Malacostraca
Order	Isopoda
Family	Desmosomatidae